When I took charge as Director of the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Mohali, my immediate concern was understanding what had gone wrong in an institute once envisioned as a beacon of excellence in pharmaceutical research. What I discovered was disturbing—a pattern of procedural violations, administrative neglect, and entrenched fiefdoms that had…
The great sage Vedavyasa, like the rising sun that scatters night’s deep gloom, dispelled the darkness of King Drupada’s doubts and gladdened his heart, for the monarch now stood eager to celebrate the wedding of his daughter Draupadi with the sons of Pandu. Approaching Kunti and the eldest of her sons, Vedavyasa spoke with quiet…
Saptha Kanni Amman Temple is located in Thiruttani, a sacred town in the Tiruvallur District of Tamil Nadu. The temple is also known as Arulmighu Saptha Kanni Amman Temple. The temple is believed to be very ancient, belonging to the early period of village goddess worship in Tamil Nadu. Over generations, the temple has been…
Gandhinagar: A day ahead of the planned cabinet expansion in Gujarat, all 16 ministers except Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel resigned on Thursday, BJP sources said. Patel will expand his cabinet on Friday, the state government had announced earlier in the morning. “Resignations of all 16 ministers have been taken by the party. Except for Chief…
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday declared two worst-hit regions of Chhattisgarh free from Naxal terror and made it clear that those willing to surrender are welcome, but those who continue to wield guns will face the wrath of security forces. Shah also announced that 170 Naxalites surrendered in Chhattisgarh on Thursday,…
New Delhi: In a setback to the Telangana government, the Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed its petition challenging a high court order that stayed a government order providing 42 per cent reservation to Backward Classes in local bodies. “You continue with your elections with the same reservation that existed. Dismissed,” a bench of justices Vikram…
Kurnool (Andhra Pradesh): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that the 21st century belongs to 140 crore Indians and that the country will become “Viksit Bharat” (Developed India) by 2047. Hailing the country’s Make in India ecosystem, he said, “We saw the might of home-made ‘things’ in Operation Sindoor, the military offensive launched at…
Mumbai: Actor Shilpa Shetty, embroiled in a Rs 60-crore cheating case with her businessman husband Raj Kundra, on Thursday told the Bombay High Court she was withdrawing her application seeking permission to travel abroad as the plans did not materialise. Shetty’s advocate, Niranjan Mundargi, submitted to a bench of Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice…
New Delhi: Pushkaraj Sabharwal, father of deceased Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, and the Federation of Indian Pilots have moved the Supreme Court seeking a court-monitored inquiry headed by a former apex court judge into the on June 12 crash of Air India flight AI171 in Ahmedabad that killed 260 people. On September 22, the top court…
Kurnool (Andhra Pradesh): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday inaugurated and laid the foundation for multiple projects worth Rs 13,430 crore here, spreading across the state. The projects span across key sectors such as industry, power transmission, roads, railways, defence manufacturing, and petroleum and natural gas. PM Modi laid the foundation for the Transmission System…
